The Urban Decay Born To Run Palette is Too Good!

Owning an Urban Decay Naked Palette is like a rite of passage for makeup lovers. Urban Decay set the tone for makeup palettes today when they debuted the original Naked Palette10 years ago. Since then, we’ve seen eyeshadow quality evolve like no other and palettes galore.

Now, the original Naked Palette has been laid to rest. Making room for a new, more modern successor, the Born To Run Palette. And she’s carrying the torch well!

There’s a New Palette in Town!

The Naked line is still standing. So Born To Run didn’t completely take over. But she’s certainly revolutionizing Urban Decay’s Naked image. Let’s be honest. The whole Naked phase has grown long in the tooth. Urban Decay knows it, too.

That’s why we kissed a sad goodbye to OG Naked this summer. So we could make room for Born To Run. A return to Urban Decay’s more trendy, edgy vibe.

Day to Night on the Run

Born to Run is aptly named for theme. You get a lot variety here! She still brings the neutrals but a with a fun twist. Making Born To Run both different and better than the Naked Palettes.

There’s a whopping 21 shades from matte to shimmer including:

Breakaway warm ivory shimmer

Stranded pale rose gold with micro shimmer

Blaze light metallic peach with pink shift

Weekender light neutral beige matte

Still Shot bright peach

Riff brown nude matte

Good As Gone deep brown with iridescent micro shimmer

Hell Ride deep fuchsia matte

Baja burnt orange matte

Accelerate reddish copper metallic

Guilt Trip smokey purple shimmer

Ignite rose gold metallic

Smog deep coppery bronze shimmer

Wanderlust forest green with gold micro shimmer

Wildheart bright fuchsia

Punk red brown matte

Double Life metallic rust

Jet black with deep shimmering purple shift

Drift charcoal satin

Radio deep emerald satin

Big Sky frosted green shimmer with iridescent micro- sparkle

Urban Decay is infamous for bulky palettes. However, Born To Run is incredibly slim and compact. And sturdy too! She had a nice, solid feel that’s very convenient for travel. Making carrying 21 eyeshadows around seem effortless.

Amazing Quality & Blendability

The Naked Palettes were good. Even great. At first. As makeup evolved, eyeshadow quality evolved too. I used to love my original Naked Palette. Now? I think it’s a little dense and hard to blend. I was worried Urban Decay would stick with their iconic eyeshadow formula that worked so well for over a decade.

But Born To Run appears to be a bit different. In a really good way! Born To Run is certainly keeping up with the times. Sporting a silky smooth finely milled formula that’s packed with pigment. And pretty easy to blend, too!

I always prime my eyes before shadow. So I don’t have any problems out of Born To Run throughout the day. No creasing and very little fading for over 8 hours. Of course, your mileage may vary a bit of you skip the primer.

Do You Need the Urban Decay Born to Run Palette?

She’s definitely a nice palette to own! But I wouldn’t consider her a must have. The colors are pretty dupable. Especially if you own any previous Urban Decay palettes. However, I still recommend checking out Born To Run for the quality and variety of colors. It’s hard to find a palette this big that isn’t super expensive or terrible quality. Urban Decay did a damn good job!

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Owning an Urban Decay Naked Palette is like a rite of passage for makeup lovers. Urban Decay set the tone for makeup palettes today when they debuted the original Naked Palette 10 years ago. Since then, we’ve seen eyeshadow quality evolve like no other and palettes galore. Now, the original Naked Palette has been laid […]